Obituaries

Feb 9, 2008

Chris Seeton of Mineola passed away Febuary 9, 2008, in Tyler. He was born February 16, 1969, in Mansfield and lived in the Mineola area most of his life. He was an auto technician for Lively Cadillac in Longview, and was a member of First Baptist Church of Mineola. He also coached and was very active with youth sports...

Feb 7, 2008

Mr. Jack D. Brumley, age 77 of Winnsboro, passed away, Thursday, February 7, 2008. He was born on July 21, 1930 in Hereford, Tx., to the late Bonnie Edgar and Florence Knox Brumley. He was a retired driver for AMPI, and later a dairy farmer in Winnsboro; he was also a member of Coldwater Baptist Church. He was preceded...

Feb 5, 2008

Feb 4, 2008

Mrs. Jody Beth Ashley, age 72, of Mineola, Texas, passed away Monday, February 4, 2008, in Tyler. She was born June 8, 1935 to the late Curney and Beulah (Baker) Swindell in Greenville, Texas. She has lived in Mineola since 1989 and was a member of the Broad Street Church Of Christ. She is survived by her husband of...

Feb 3, 2008

Feb 3, 2008

Mr. Dewey Henry Nichols, age 91, of Mineola, Texas, died Sunday, February 3, 2008, in Quitman, Texas. He was born December 5, 1916 in Hopkins County, Texas to the late Clyde and Annie Kimbro Nichols. Mr. Nichols had lived in Mineola for over 55 years. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Mineola Masonic Lodge #502 for...

Feb 2, 2008

Mr. Leistra passed away Feb. 2, 2008, in Mineola at the age of 72. He was born July 12, 1935, to the late William and Alma Hannah Blum Leistra, and had lived in Mineola 10 years. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and retired from Factory Mutual Engineering. He served on the board of directors of...

Feb 1, 2008

Robert H. "Squirrel" Johnson, formerly of Mesquite, passed away, Friday, February 1, 2008, at the age of 64. He was born on July 5, 1943 to the late Roy and Bertha Brandler Johnson in Dallas. He was a retired teacher and golf coach for Mesquite ISD; and a member of Eastridge Park Christian church of Mesquite. Two brothers, Billy...

Jan 31, 2008

Mrs. Jimmie Robinson of Mineola, Texas passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on December 31, 2007, at the age of 95. She was born on April 29, 1912, to parents William Edward and Rosa Steele, in Wood County, Texas. She was a member of the Mineola First United Methodist Church and the Quitman Chapter 695, of the Order of...

Jan 29, 2008

Mr. Roger H. Williams, of Winnsboro, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the age of 75. He was born in New Bern, North Carolina on June 28, 1932 to the late James E. and Blanche Hancock Williams. He was a graduate of Wake Forest University, a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean Conflict in occupied...

Jan 29, 2008

Mr. Ronny B. Wilson, of Winnsboro, passed away, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the age of 64. He was born in Winnsboro on January 16, 1944 to Bernice and Juanice Turner Wilson. He was a salesman and member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Bernice Wilson; and his sister, Joan Wilson. He...

Jan 27, 2008

Gordon Herman Schumacher of Holly Lake Ranch, passed away January 27, 2008 at the age of 76. He was born July 3, 1931 in Waukesha, Wisconsin to the late Ernest and Grace (Marklein) Schumacher. He was a retired Supervisor with the Wacker Corporation. He had lived at Holly Lake Ranch since 1992. Where he was a member of the...

Jan 26, 2008

Mrs. Helen Josephine Griffith of Mineola, Texas passed away January 26, 2008 at the age of 88. She was born November 27, 1919 to the late E. Q. and Zona (Sibley) Hearn in Mineola. She lived in Dallas for several years and retired from United Gas Pipeline as a Legal Secretary. In 1976 she moved back to Mineola and...

Jan 25, 2008

Mrs. Pearl Elizabeth Caviness passed away on Friday, January 25, 2008 at the age of 91. She was born on January 24, 1917 to the late Dow Duty and Minnie Duty. Mrs. Caviness was a Med-Aid at the Winnsboro Nursing Home and was a member of the First Assembly of God in Winnsboro. She was preceded in death by...

Jan 24, 2008

Sandy Dotson of Hawkins, Texas passed away January 24, 2008 at the age of 66. She was born April 2, 1941 to the late Robert and Addie Murphy in Dallas. She has lived in Hawkins since 1979. She was a active member of the Assembly of God Church where she had been past Sectional Secretary. She is preceded in...

Jan 23, 2008

J.L. "Boy" Odell

J.L. "Boy" Odell, of Como, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at his home, he was 76 years old. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Pickton, to the late J.R. and Clara Randolph Odell. He married Eva Jo Wheatley on November 24, 1949 in Pickton. He owned and operated a dairy and...

Jan 23, 2008

John Harold Pence, born December 30, 1937 in Diboll, Texas, left to be with the Lord on January 23, 2008 in Yantis, Texas. He was preceded in death by parents, Charles Norval Pence, Jr. and Hassie Dee Pence and by one brother, Don Pence. John served eight years in the U.S. Army including 18 months in the Korean conflict...

Jan 23, 2008

Mrs. Gladys Beatrice Holster, age 90, of Mineola, Texas, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2008, in Quitman. She was born to the late Ellis and Effie (Peaks) Busby on October 23, 1917 in Wood County. She is preceded in death by her husband Lloyd Holster in 1973 and two sons, Travis and Sherman Holster. She is survived by two...

Jan 20, 2008

Mr. Charles Mac Ummel passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at the age of 73. He was born on April 26, 1934 to the late R.J. Ummel and Birdie Pruitt Ummel. Mr. Ummel served in the U.S. Airforce and married the former Ellen Smith on June 29, 1974. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Jan 18, 2008

Alice Faye Guy, age 70 of Pickton, fought her battle with cancer bravely, and was released into the arms of the Lord at 11:40 am, on Friday, January 18, 2008. She was born in Dallas on May 29, 1937 to the late Clement and Lillie Fagan Guy. She was an insurance claims processor and member of Pine Hill Cumberland...